The Providing of Remounts for our Cavalry and Artillery
1885; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 29; Issue: 132 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/03071848509417998
ISSN0035-9289
Autores Tópico(s)American Constitutional Law and Politics
ResumoPERIIAPS it might appear a t first sight that the subjcct of this paper in one which is interesting to comparatively a small portion of the military Ecrricc-that it is almost purely a technical matter, affecting only two bimches of tlic Service, and aEeeting them only in n niinor degree-in fact, that it is to be studicd perhaps by enthusiasts o r spccialists, but of such minor importance as to be of little monient to the public a t large.If this ricm be hcld by any of those present, or br any who ma.. do mc tho lionour to read my remarks, when they are publislicd a t some future time, I vcnturc to ~a y that I consider it to bo cntiroly mistaken.of the Tarious clcscriptions of horses that n-crc used in the l87C campaign, ns cxpi.cssed by tbc Officers who serrcd in it.Thcse arc cm1)odicd in the report of Lieutenant-Coloncl \-on I3rozon-ski, w h o coxiimnndcd thc 1st Regimcnt of the Dragoons of tlic Guard, dated August, 1871. 1.The best animals, it is statcd, -irere remounts coming.fromPrussin propcr, bctmccn the ages of 6evcu and clcvcn scars, and thcir endiirmco varied in direct proportion to thcir breeding.Tho better bred they were, the mom nblc wcrc tlicy to stand fatigue.2. The horscs that irere bought in the open market, or rcquisitioncd wlicn tlic mobilization took place, ricre fonnd to bc very inferior to the ordinary remounts: in fact only thosc of scwn Fears old and already broken were of any use.3. Thc horses captured from the French camlr1 werc generally fonnd hardy and mrviccablc, but they verc clumsy, underbred, and awkwarcl compared with tho horses of tho Prussinn cavalry.It is added tlint far thc best mcre tlic Aral~ stallions, but tlicsc w x c , as a rule, irregular in tlicir pnces, inclined to stumble, and i\-cro' too small in size to carry satisfactorily a c a v a l r ~ soldier. 4.It is stated that the worst 1iorse.i of a11 wcrc tliosc rcquisitioncd in France, the grentcr pnrt of xvhich came from Normandr, where tho lmed is the reverse of hardy, and is unable to stand fatiguc.The Xormnn horses, howerer, that had a rnistnrc of English blood wcre found far morc scrvicc3blc.
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